MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

(National Geographic (Little) Kids) #1

402 Index of Folk Uses


‘settering’ or ‘felling’ of livestock
Helleborus foetidus, 352
sexual arousal
Euphorbia helioscopia, 171
Silene vulgaris, 356
shingles
Dryopteris filix-mas, 64
Galium saxatile, 268
Petasites hybridus, 311
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Rumex obtusifolius, 99
‘rushes’. 322
Sedum acre, 138
Stellaria holostea, 92
Te ucrium scorodonia,92, 218
Umbilicus rupestris, 92
Urtica spp., 86
sinuses, blocked
Myrica gale, 87
Vaccinium vitis-idaea, 123
skin, to smoothen
Pinguicula vulgaris, 263
skin cleansant
Fumaria spp., 80
Potentilla anserina, 142
Urtica spp., 86
skin tonic
Huperzia selago, 55
skin troubles, unspecified
Arctium spp., 280
Bellis perennis, 295
Carlina vulgaris, 280
Cochlearia spp., 119
Cynoglossum officinale, 211
Digitalis purpurea,256, 257
Galium aparine, 268
Geranium robertianum,176, 238
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Hedera helix, 179
Hypochaeris maculata, 285
Juniperus communis, 66
Lamium album, 215
Malvaceae, 108
Menyanthes trifoliata, 203
Pinguicula vulgaris, 263
Primula vulgaris, 125
Ranunculus spp., 72
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Rumex crispus, 97


Salicornia europaea, 90
Sambucus nigra, 270
Scrophularia nodosa,252, 253
Sempervivum tectorum, 136
Succisa pratensis, 276
Symphytum officinale, 209
Taraxacum officinale, 287
Ulmus glabra,83–4
Umbilicus rupestris, 136
Vinca spp., 196
Viola odorata, 112
sleep, to induce; see sedation
slimming
Fraxinus excelsior, 249
Stellaria media, 91
smallpox
Helleborus viridis, 71
sores, generally or unspecified
Achillea millefolium, 301
Alchemilla vulgaris, 150
Conium maculatum, 188
Daucus carota, 191
Empetrum nigrum, 121
Geranium robertianum, 176
Glechoma hederacea, 221
Humulus lupulus, 84
Malvaceae, 108, 353
Parmeliasp., 41
Petasites hybridus, 311
Pilosella officinarum, 290
Pinus sylvestris, 65
Polygonatum multiflorum, 327
Potentila erecta, 144
Primula vulgaris, 124
Rubus fruticosus, 142
Rumex acetosa, 96
Rumex obtusifolius, 98
Sempervivum tectorum, 356
Senecio jacobaea, 307
Smyrnium olusatrum, 356
Sphagnum spp., 40
Stachys spp., 214
Stellaria media,93, 345
Succisa pratensis,276, 278
Umbilicus rupestris, 358
Urtica spp., 85
Verbascum thapsus,251, 358
Verbena officinalis, 211
Vinca spp., 196
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